If your Storwize® V3500 system has 8 Gbps Fibre Channel 4-port host interface adapters installed, you can use
Fibre Channel cables to connect them to your Fibre Channel SAN.
Procedure
To install the cables, complete the following steps.
- Connect the required number of Fibre Channel cables. Refer to Planning network cable connections for instructions to
determine the number of required cables.
Note: Both canisters must have the same number of cables connected.
Figure 1 shows an example
configuration with two Fibre Channel cables connected to each canister.
Figure 1. Example configuration with two Fibre Channel cables per canister
- If you want to connect additional Fibre Channel cables,
make sure to connect the same number of cables to each canister. Figure 2 shows an
example configuration with four Fibre Channel cables connected to each canister.
Figure 2. Example configuration with four Fibre Channel cables per canister